xvi, 296 pages : 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-286) and index

Naturalising tradition: why learning from the masters? / Iris Wien -- Pro-commerce: the old masters and art education in England, 1753-c.1875 / Paul Barlow -- The John Frederick Lewis collection at the Royal Scottish Academy: watercolour copies of old masters as teaching aids / Joanna Soden -- British art students and German masters: W.B. Spence and the reform of German art academies / Saskia Pütz -- Standing in Reynolds' shadow: the academic discourses of Frederic Leighton and the legacy of the first president of the Royal Academy / Matthew C. Potter -- Opening doors: the entry of women artists into British art schools, 1871-1930 / Alice Strickland -- Struggling with the Welsh masters, 1880-1914 / Matthew C. Potter -- Emulation and legacy: the master-pupil relationship between William Orpen and Seán Keating / Éimear O'Connor -- Prototype and perception: art history and observation at the Slade in the 1950s / Emma Chambers -- The pedagogy of capital: art history and art school knowledge / Malcolm Quinn -- Study the masters? on the ambivalent status of art history within the contemporary art school / Katerina Reed-Tsocha -- "Without a master": learning art through an open curriculum / Joanne Lee

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